Rotherbaum

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Rotherbaum
The street Grindelalle (view North West)
The street Grindelalle (view North West)
Coat of arms of Hamburg

Quarter of the city of
Hamburg

Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
City Hamburg
Borough Eimsbüttel
Basic statistics
Area 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Area code 040
License plate HH
Location of Rotherbaum in the city of Hamburg
Location of Rotherbaum in the city of Hamburg


Rotherbaum is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany.

In German language, "roter Baum" means red tree. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, is preserved in names, though. Depending on grammatical context, it might also be spelled with n as Rothenbaum.

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[edit] History

Front view of the Curiohaus in Rotherbaum
Front view of the Curiohaus in Rotherbaum

In 1948 the war crime trials were held at the Curioshaus in Rotherbaum by the British Armed Forces. Among others against Fritz Knoechlein for the Le Paradis massacre, the SS-physician Alfred Trzebinski from the Neuengamme concentration camp and the company Tesch & Stabenow which sold the Zyklon B. [1]

[edit] Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Osdorf has a total area of 2.9 km². In the North is the quarter Harvesterhude. The southern border of Rotherbaum to the quarters Neustadt, St. Pauli and Sternschanze is along the railway tracks of the city train. In the West is the quarter Eimsbüttel. In the East the lake Außenalster is the border to the quarter St. Georg.

[edit] Demographics

In 2006 in Rotherbaum were living 16,853 inhabitants. The population density was 5,842 people per km². 11.3% were children under the age of 18, and 13.7% were 65 years of age or older. 22.6% were immigrants. 503 people were registered as unemployed and 4,866 were employees subject to social insurance contributions. [2]

In 1999 there were 11,615 households out of which 11.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 63.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.57. [3]

In 2006 there were 3,299 criminal offences (192 crimes per 1000 people).[4]

[edit] Education

The campuses of the University of Hamburg and the University of Music and Drama of Hamburg are located in Rotherbaum. In 2006 there were also 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school. [5]

[edit] Culture

[edit] Sports

Centre Court Am Rothenbaum.
Centre Court Am Rothenbaum.

For example, the main tennis court of the Hamburg Masters tournament is located in the Am Rothenbaum stadium.

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Health systems

In Rotherbaum were 16 day-care centers for children, 142 physicians in private practice and 9 pharmacies.[5]

[edit] Transportation

Rotherbaum is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train with the stations Hamburg Dammtor. Long distance trains are calling this station also. The Hamburg U-Bahn service the Hallerstraße station.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter Osdorf were 5,446 private cars registered (324 cars/1000 people).[5] There were 201 traffic accidents total, including 173 traffic accidents with damage to persons. [6]

[edit] See also

  • Rothenbaum, the name of a Bohemian village which was destroyed after World War II when the German inhabitants were expelled in 1945.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme (Hrsg): Die frühen Nachkriegsprozesse. Bremen 1997 (Beiträge zur Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Verfolgung in Norddeutschland. Heft 3) ISBN 3-86108-322-1 (German)
  2. ^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  3. ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
  4. ^ State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  5. ^ a b c Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  6. ^ Traffic accident statistic, statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

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Coordinates: 53°34′05″N 9°59′18″E / 53.56806, 9.98833

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